Yes, dozens of ways. Basically they all amount to 'leave a hole', and it does need to be bigger than you'd expect for the smoke 'particles' to float through. The exit doesn't have to be near the fire, just up there somewhere.

Also larger buildings have enough roof space for smoke from smaller fires to fade away indoors.

Yeah, just remember, any chimney you make has to have a roof or the rain will put it out... unlike in the real world because the heat is only aoe field effect and evaporation isn't programmed into the game so real chimneys don't work.

i made my house into sections. for the kitchen, i made a massive storage shelf for ingredients, a big cooking area on the opposite side (think like 10ish fires), and i had the roof built up and slanted so the smoke would go up and out of the cooking area with the rest of the area fully covered. haven't had an issue.

For the ready-made A frames that are sitting around: pick a corner and remove the floor tile if there is one. Take out the roof panel right above it and part of the front (or back) wall, leaving enough at ground level to keep unwanted guests outside. Put in a new roof panel facing the wall that you just trimmed so that the smoke is directed outside. It doesn't look pretty but it works.

Or, put the fire right outside, up against the building, with its own protective roof and half walls.

More or less the simple rules are to leave one full square of venting to the outside, and a roof that directly covers the fire. Avoid leaving a full square of venting space inside. Short walls or beams to keep yourself from stepping in it are recommended.

Originally posted by Seschwa:

... Chimneys.

LOL.

I typically build chimneys and then the "vent" is a couple 2m poles with a roof up. On either side of the roof goes one of the X's. Hope that helps.

I've done things like this.

Honestly there are so many ways to vent smoke and deal with this once you get used to the building mechanics that you'll wonder why it was ever an issue for you when you were a noob.

... Chimneys.

LOL.

I typically build chimneys and then the "vent" is a couple 2m poles with a roof up. On either side of the roof goes one of the X's. Hope that helps.

FYI you can put the fire outside instead of inside. Build it next to the wall of your base or building. The radius of the fire will still affect a bed on the opposite side of the wall. Put a two tile roof over it, lean-to style almost, and it will be protected from the rain. You won't have a smoke issue in the house.

I usually don't do this, but I have done it before and it works just fine.

As said above, there are many ways to vent smoke from a building.

You can have open fires without a chimney. I like both open fire and chimney fire for different applications, chimney is good for smaller builds. For larger higher builds you can just use and angle that different than the rest of your roof , an inverted roof piece, or a hole with an elevated angle section on top.

Look up viking long houses, have them highish and leave the ends open.

Vented roof lines are good and are useful for venting those pesky braziers. At the crest of the roof, just raise the crest line with the short poles. Any building I build seems to have this feature since the braziers give off so much smoke but are superior to torched and such. It can also be made to look nice. I posted several screens a while back that showed these as well as other types of remedies, should be able to check them out in my profile.

One of the easiest method is replace the 45 degree roof right above the fireplace with a 26 degree one, that will let out smoke without breaking the integrity of the shelter.

For basics:
Leave a section of floor off so you can access the bare ground where you want to place your fire.
Build a box frame above it 2m high so you can reach in but not accidentally walk into the fire.
Now make a chimney with wall panels up to the roof line.
Make another frame above the roof line and put a roof on it.
This channels the smoke up while keeping the fire covered.

In a hall with a tall roof you can just leave off walls at the roof line to vent smoke out the sides.
You'll figure out other methods as you go.

If you have any part of your roof at least 3 panels high (6 meters) with an opening at the end, you don't really need a hole in your roof. You may have seen some of the ruined buildings with a center section higher than the sides. Under the gable end there is a hole which will let smoke out.

Alternatively, you don't need the fire to be inside, so long as it's near enough to your bed. We have a couple of bases where there's a fire outside, next to the base. There's a roof piece two panels up from the fire to keep it from going out during rain, but the fire buff is enjoyed indoors.

@Darunia
You probably noticed, that You need a roof over a fire so it won't go out during a rain (the bonefire is exeption to that rule). The trick is that no1 told it must be a continuous roof. The pic1&2 shows interior of one of rooms that's connected to fire and the chimney for the smoke to go out.
The pic 3 shows another way to have a chimeny in more open manner.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2543615314
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2543616330
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2543617554

Yes, dozens of ways. Basically they all amount to 'leave a hole', and it does need to be bigger than you'd expect for the smoke 'particles' to float through. The exit doesn't have to be near the fire, just up there somewhere.

Also larger buildings have enough roof space for smoke from smaller fires to fade away indoors.